Around Here for July 15

Published: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 12:16 p.m.

• Lizzy Sexton, 16, was crowned Miss Alabama High School Rodeo and earned a spot on the Alabama National High School Rodeo team by placing third in the breakaway roping category.

An upcoming sophomore at Vestavia Hills High School, where she had a 4.0 GPA as a freshman, she is the daughter of Susan and Eddie Sexton of Birmingham and the granddaughter of Kenneth Sexton and the late Judy Sexton of Rainbow City.

She won every category, including Miss Congeniality, in winning Miss Alabama High School Rodeo, and at the same time competed in barrel racing, girls’ cutting, breakaway roping and team roping in the state rodeo.

• Shorter University has announced students named to the dean’s list during the spring semester of 2014. To achieve this honor, students must have been enrolled full time and have earned at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the term.

Students from the area making the Dean’s List for Spring 2014 include: Savannah Chamblee, of Boaz, and Toliver Matchen, of Gadsden.

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